Domestic Cups

Darren Fletcher scored twice in Manchester United's 4-0 win over the FA Cup in 2008, with Wayne Rooney and Nani also scoring. Our Portuguese winger upset Arsene Wenger's players when he started juggling the ball with 15 minutes left to play.

After the first game finished in a 0-0 draw, United beat Arsenal 2-1 in the replay, despite going down to 10 men and conceding a last minute penalty. This was the game in which the greatest ever FA Cup goal was scored, as United marched on to Wembley to claim one of the three trophies that made up the Treble.

When David Moyes hit out at the Premier League a couple of weeks ago, suggesting a "conspiracy against United" in terms of our opening run of fixtures in the new campaign (I think we all know that run now: Swansea, Chelsea, Liverpool, Palace, City), he may have been continuing a fine tradition of controlled paranoia which Fergie used to use as a tool for constructing that famous Old Trafford siege mentality.

Sir Alex Ferguson picked a bizarre starting XI for United's 2-0 win over Arsenal, with Rafael and Fabio on either wing. The game was relatively easy in the end though and United knocked the North London side out of the Cup again.

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After spending 14 years at Arsenal, winning four league titles and three FA Cups in the process, Lee Dixon is no stranger to a Manchester United v Arsenal encounter. As the Reds welcome the defending champions to Old Trafford on Monday night with a place at Wembley in the Semi-Final at stake, the former Gunners full-back spoke to ROM about Monday night's match, United's season so far and Danny Welbeck's early career at the Emirates.

1. Last night was a typical of example of the unpredictability we now face as United fans with our team that saw nine changes from the weekend easily brushing aside Norwich. We dominated the game from start to finish and played some really good football, particularly in the second half. Ferguson has said that this season will be considered a success for Moyes if he wins just one trophy so it was important we got a result last night.

1. After Sunday's embarrassing derby day defeat against Manchester City, United needed to bounce back with a result against Liverpool last night in the cup. Having picked up just one point from our three tough games against Chelsea, Liverpool and City (something Sir Alex Ferguson has also been guilty of in the past, lest we forget), the doom merchants were out in full force.